- From: Jeff Jaffe <jeff@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 19:26:46 -0400
- To: Andreas Kuckartz <a.kuckartz@ping.de>, Mark Watson <watsonm@netflix.com>
- CC: cobaco <cobaco@freemen.be>, "public-restrictedmedia@w3.org" <public-restrictedmedia@w3.org>
On 10/26/2013 6:37 AM, Andreas Kuckartz wrote: > Mark Watson: >> If watermarking became a popular alternative with content providers >> to DRM then it would probably be implemented client-side, with the >> attendant robustness requirements. > I do not know if I agree but Brendan Eich seems to disagree: > > "Watermarking, not DRM. This could be huge. OTOY’s GPU cloud approach > enables individually watermarking every intra-frame, and according to > some of its Hollywood supporters including Ari Emanuel, this may be > enough to eliminate the need for DRM. Indeed, when I was asked several months ago in this discussion, what alternatives are there for "content protection", I also listed watermarking as one of the alternatives. > > "We shall see; I am hopeful. This kind of per-user watermarking has been > prohibitively expensive, but OTOY estimates the cost at pennies per > movie with their approach." > https://brendaneich.com/2013/05/today-i-saw-the-future/ > > Cheers, > Andreas >
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